Connecter



May 24, 1927. 1,629,783

H. FINKLE CONNECTER Filed June 29, 1926 v arm 6,

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. 10 subject matter of' this v Patented May 24, 1927.

u rEp STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

HARRY FINKLE, or PHILMoN'r, NEW Yonx.

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Application filed June 29, 1926. Serial No. 119,408. 7

This invention aims to provide a novel connecter for joining a. conductor to thepost of a battery, and the specific improve ment contemplated is the provision of means whereby the connecter s can be detached readily from the post of the battery when -20 the axes of the tubular members 3 and 4 being disposed at right angles to each other.

'The tubular member 3 forms a socket 6 for the reception of the post-2, and the tubular member 4 forms a socket 7 for the recep' 25 tion of one end of the conductor 18. The

tubular member 3 is divided as at 8 to form jaws which are clamped around the post 2 by any suitable means, such as a bolt 9 passing through the ends of the jaws. The tubular member 4 is divided as at 10 so that it may embrace the end of the conductor 18 closely. An arm 11 is connected at one end to'the tubular member 4 and to the part 5,

and overhangs the socket 6 which is formed I in the tubular member 3, the arm 11 being very close to the upper end of the. tubular member 3, as shown in Figure 3. The arm 11 is reduced in width toward-its free end, and the free-end of the arm 11 does not completely close and cover the socket 6: a

statement which will be understood readily when F1gure2 is noted. In the arm 11 is mounted a thrust .device adapted to cooper-Z ate with device may be in the form of a screw 12 threaded the-battery post 2, and this thrust into the arm.

In practical operation, when the bolt 9 is loosened,

ifthe post 2 sticks in the socket 6, .dueto corrosion or otherwise, the screw 12 may be advanced in the arm 11, the screw bearing on .the battery post 2 to, dislodge the connecter from the battery post.

- What is claimed is .1.'-A connecter of the class described, 7 comprising means for holding a conductor,

and comprising a socket for a battery post, the connecter being supplied with an arm overhangingthe socket, and a thrust 'member movable in the arm and adapted to cov operate with a battery post to dislodge the connecter therefrom. 7 2. A device of the class described, conarm.

structed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by vice consists of a screw-' threaded into the the fact that the thrust de- In' testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,

I have hereto afiixed my signature.

(HARRY FINKLE. 

